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US colonel charged in Iraq jail abuse
WASHINGTON, April 29: A US military intelligence official was charged with cruelty and maltreatment of prisoners on Friday for allegedly using military working dogs without permission to frighten detainees at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison.... 
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Six officials killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD, April 29: Six Iraqi security officers and one civilian were killed in bombings and shootings across Iraq on Saturday, as leaders prepared for negotiations over the next government....
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Teenager held over anti-US plot
NEW YORK, April 29: A 19-year-old US citizen of Bangladeshi descent charged with lying to FBI agents was arrested without bail on Friday after a prosecutor told a judge that he...
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Six civilians shot dead in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, April 29: Six civilians were shot dead on Friday in separate attacks in three north-eastern districts of Sri Lanka. The body of a rickshaw driver was found with gunshot injuries...
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Militant leader evades capture in Indonesia
BINANGUN (Indonesia), April 29: One of Southeast Asia’s most wanted fugitives Noordin Mohammad Top narrowly escaped capture by Indonesian police on Saturday in a raid that saw two of his top aides killed, police said....
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India favours diplomacy
NEW DELHI, April 29: India reaffimed its support on Saturday for diplomatic efforts to resolve the Iranian nuclear tangle and said all sides should show flexibility....
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Tiny amount of drugs found at Reid’s home
LONDON, April 29: A ‘minuscule’ amount of cannabis has been found at the Scottish home of British Defence Secretary John Reid, police and sources close to the minister said on Saturday....
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World not equipped to handle flu ‘pandemic’
UNITED NATIONS, April 29: The international community is ill-equipped to handle a ‘flu pandemic’, which is becoming imminent as time goes by, the head of the United Nations health agency warned industrialised countries on Friday....
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Uncertainty over US-Iran talks
BAGHDAD, April 29: A spokesman for Iraq’s president denied a media report on Saturday that quoted the head of state as saying US and Iranian officials had held talks on Iraq....
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Two LTTE men killed
COLOMBO, April 29: Two LTTE fighters were killed on Saturday in an attack close to the rebel-controlled Mullativu. Sources said the attack was believed to have been carried out by a renegade faction of the Tamil Tigers....
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Major powers have to tread a tightrope: Iran N-standoff
PARIS: The world’s most powerful nations, after failing to make Iran halt its nuclear activities, now have to tread a tightrope — increasing support for a tougher UN resolution while also maintaining a united front against Tehran....
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Russia has left the ‘western orbit’
MOSCOW: Russia could be on the verge of clinching an arms deal with Syria or Iran that would send the US and Israel into pop-eyed rage....
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The global challenge of aging societies
LONDON: Until eight months ago, Freda Gibson drove regularly around London and was behind the wheel when she returned from Wales after an annual walking trip....
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Grandmothers take the lead in anti-war protests
NEW YORK: Three years after the start of the Iraq war, one thing New York police do not lack is experience in dealing with protesters - so when they were called...
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Syria still a lifeline for Lebanese on border
WADI KHALED (Lebanon): Ghazi al-Ali is Lebanese, but his 15 children go to school in Syria. His mobile phone is Syrian. He buys food and fuel from Syria....
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How Google became a rude word in China
BEIJING: Gougou, Gugu, Gege, Goule or Guge? A furious online debate has opened up in China over the recent adoption of a Mandarin name by Google - the latest in a...
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